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The name "Palm Sunday" is a misnomer; the "verba" or "dwarfed spruce" is used instead. According to tradition, on the Saturday before Palm Sunday the Lithuanians take special care in choosing and cutting well-formed branches, which the women-folk decorate with flowers. The flowers are meticulously tied onto the branches, making the "Verba".
Palm Sunday is the last week of Lent before Easter Sunday. It is the first day of Holy Week , the most sacred seven days of the Catholic calendar. Many Protestant religions also honor Palm Sunday.
This year, Palm Sunday is on Sunday, April 2, 2023, but every year, it's celebrated for the same important reason: to commemorates Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem.
McCarthy began drawing a cartoon friar while a student there, at first for his own amusement, and then for posters and flyers. [3] He named the short, freckled, and ever-cheerful (if sometimes naive) character "Brother Juniper" in 1942, [4] after the historical Brother Juniper, a companion of St. Francis of Assisi.
[9] As such, religious imagery today, in the form of statues, is most identified with the Roman Catholic and Lutheran traditions. [10] Two dimensional icons are used extensively, and are most often associated with parts of Eastern Christianity, [11] although they are also used by Roman Catholics, Lutherans, and, increasingly, Anglicans. [12]
Robert Emmet Barron (born November 19, 1959) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Winona–Rochester since 2022. [11] He is the founder of the Catholic ministerial organization Word on Fire, and was the host of Catholicism, a documentary TV series about Catholicism that aired on PBS.
Palm Sunday procession in Astorga (Spain) Palm Sunday: The day when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem. Holy Thursday: The day when Jesus shared the Last Supper with His Apostles, followed by the beginning of his Passion. Good Friday: Jesus' crucifixion, performed in 14 stations.
Lentz was born in rural Colorado to a family of Russian descent and of a Russian Orthodox background. [1] [2] [4] Lentz originally intended to enter the Franciscan Order as a young man in the 1960s, joining the formation program for St. John the Baptist Province, but left before taking his vows. [3]